More Security Outfits Please

News have it that the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has presented a northern regional security initiative “Shege Ka Fasa” for ratification by the governors of the region. Should the governors of the northern region ratify it and all necessary legal processes completed, the outfit will be formally inaugurated in the coming weeks, says CNG spokesman, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman.
With that, we have two regional security organizations in the country. Amotekun of the south western states seems to have come to stay after the initial show of power by the Attorney General of the federation, Abubakar Malami, who labeled the body illegal only to turn around and claim he was quoted out of contest.
It is heart, warming that Nigerians are beginning to realise they can no longer rely on the security agencies in the country for our security.  The rising spate of killings, kidnapping, banditry and other forms of crime across the country is an indication that our security agencies have failed us.
Let us hope that other regions like South East, South-South, Middle Belt will not hesitate in coming up with their own security outfits. Governors of these regions should see that that is done as soon as possible, bearing in mind that security of lives and property is the cardinal role of any government.
We also pray that this development will eventually metamorphose into the country having regional government as we had in the past. The country has become too large and too complex for the type of abnormal federal system of government we practice, where the federal government wields enormous power and the states are weak. A well-structured regional government will bring about rapid development of the country as they will have the right to use what they have to develop themselves instead of waiting to go to Abuja and share the money.

By: Obinna Nwamadi